Grocer&#39;s display-cabinet.



E. L'KIBBY.

GROCER'S DISPLAY CABINETr APPLICATION man 020. 16.1915.

Patentefi Feb. 5, 19.18.

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WlTNESSES ATTORNEY E. 1'. KIBBY.

GROGERS DISPLAY CABINET. APPLICATION FILED 05c. 16. m5.

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GROCERS DISPLAY-CABINET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 5, 19 .1%.

Application filed December 16, 1915. Serial No. 67,242.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ERNEST J. KIBBY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Emporia, in the county of Lyon and State of Kansas, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Grocers Display-Cabinets, of which the following is a speci fication.

An object of my invention is to provide a display and storage cabinetwhich is so arranged that the goods contained therein are held inseveral compartments thus per mitting the same to be used for variousgoods, the food-stuffs contained in each of the compartments beingdisplayed at a point visible to the customer, and each compartmentpresents an opening through which the desired quantity of the food-stuffmay be removed by the grocer.

A further object is to so construct the compartments that the food-stuffis supplied thereto through an opening at one side of he cabinet and issupplied by a gravity feed to a scoop trough from which the food-stuffmay be taken, this arrangement insuring that the goods in the scooptrough is at all times a fresh supply from the main body of food-stuffcontained in the compartment.

A still further object is to so form the display portion that a part ofthe foodstuff is caught thereby upon the supply be ing placed in thecompartment and that the parts may be shifted to permit. the dischargeof the food-stuffs thusl displayed when the compartment is beingemptied.

With other object in view which will be referred to, my inventionconsists in such novel features of construction and combination of partswhich will be hereinafter set forth in connection with the drawings andpointed out in the claims.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a view in side elevation with parts of the cabinet cut invertical sections to more clearly illustrate the arrangement of thecompartments;

Fi 2 is a View in front elevation from the display side of the cabinet;

Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2 taken from the back side of thecabinet;

Fig. 4: is a transverse sectional View taken on the line th iit of Fig.1.

The cablnet comprises an outslde case 1, which is, as illustrated inFig. 4, substantially rectangular, and this case may be mounted on thewheels or casters 2 to permit the same to be moved from place to placeover a floor.

The front side of the cabinet is taken up by a plurality of displayopenings 3 which have the doors 1 interspersed therebetwecn, and each ofthe display openings is fitted with a glass 5. A plurality of scooptroughs {3, comprising the flat bottom 7 and a slant 111g front wall 8are positioned through openmgs 9 formed in the back wall of the case andthe number of these scoop troughs corresponds to the number of displayopen ings, the scoop troughs preferably being disposed in a lower planethan the cor responding display openings.

Diagonally disposed partitions 10 are placed in the casing to slopegradually from the front wall 11, at a point below the display windowsto the bottom 7 of the corresponding scoop trough and in this way thecasing is divided into a plurality of compartments each having a slopingbottom formed by the wall 10 and terminating in the flat bottom 7 of thescoop trough.

The doors or covers 12 are hinged to the rear wall 13 of the case toclose down over the opening of each of the scoop troughs and the springcatches 1a are carried by the sloping wall 8 of the scoop troughs toengage the doors or covers 19 when brought to a full open position andhold the same against closing movement. The doors 4t communicate witheach of the compartments at a. point above the display openings and havelocks 15 by which they are retained in a closed position.

Cleats 16 are mounted on the side walls of the case adjacent the displaywindows and stop boards 17 are held by these cleats at a point spacedfrom the glass 5 of each of the display openings. These stop boards 17have their upper edges beveled at 18, and thus as the food-stuff such asbeans, peas, grains, coffee, etc., are supplied to the compartmentsthrough the door openings closed by the doors at, aportion of thefoodstuff passing to the compartments will be caught by the beveled edge18 and arrested between the stop boards 17 and the glass 5 where it willbe held on display as a sample of the goods contained in that particularcompartment.

The food-stuff supplied to each of the various compartments will be fedby gravity down over the partition 10 onto the fioor 7 of thescoop-trough, and to prevent an oversupply to the scoop trough 6, battleplates 19 are positioned between the sides of the case and adjacent theupper edge of the opening 9 through which the scoop troughs arepositioned. A metal lining 20 is placed 011 the bottom 7 of the scooptrough and thus this bottom presents a smooth surface from which thefood-stuff may be scooped or taken out in a measure.

As is shown in Fig. 2, the front of the cabinet may be divided so thattwo vertically disposed row of display windows and filling doors arepresented thereon, and with such a cabinet it is probably desirable thata partition be disposed vertically through the upper part of thecabinet, also the filling door of the top compartment may be dispensedwith and a door be provided through the top of the casing to permitfilling of the top compartment.

In the use of the cabinet, the supply of food-stuff is placed in thevarious compartments through the openings closed by the doors 4:, asmall quantity thereof is caught by the beveled edge 18 of the stopboards 17 and thus this quantity is brought against the glass 5 of thedisplay opening 3 to show the character of food-stuffs in thecompartment, the remainder of the foodstuff being deposited on thesloping floor formed by the partition 10 and thus guided down onto thefioor 7 of the scoop troughs. The battle plate 19 being arranged acrossthe mouth of the scoop trough engages in the food-stufl V and thus holdsthe same against too rapid supply to the scoop trough, however, as thefood-stuff is taken from the scoop trough, a fresh supply will be fedthereto between the baffle boards 19 and the covered bottom 20 and inthis way it is assured that the supply of the food stuff in the scooptrough is at all times fresh. As the food-stuff in the compartment andthe trough becomes exhausted, the stop boards 17 may be raised to open aspace at the bottom through which the food stuffs confined against theglass 5 will drop by gravity and thus this goods which has been ondisplay will be taken with the remainder of the food stuff from thecompartment and a fresh supply will be fed between the stop boards 17and the glass 5 as the compartment is again filled.

While I have herein shown and described 7 only one specific form of theinvention, it will be understood that various modifications in thedesign of the cabinet and in V the connection and arrangement of theparts might be resorted to .Without departing from the spirit and scopeof my invention in view of which fact I Wish to be limited only to suchclaims.

I claim:

1. A display cabinet comprisinga casing having a plurality of displayopenings and supply doors alternately and vertically arranged on oneside, glass coverings for said display openings, a plurality of scooptroughs received through openings formed at the opposite side of thecasing, a plurality of diagonally disposed partitions arranged from theone side belowthe display openings to connect with the floors of thescoop troughs to form slopingcontinuations thereof, stop boards mountedadjacent the display openings on the inner sides thereof and spacedsomewhat from the glass cover.- ings to thus allow for display of thematerial placed within the scoop troughs and on the sloping doors, andmeans to limit the flow of mate rial over the sloping partitions andinto the scoop troughs. V

2. A display cabinet comprising a casing having a plurality of displayopenings and supply doors arranged alternately at one side, glasscoverings for said display openings, a plurality of scoop troughsreceived through openings formed at the opposite side of the casing, aplurality of diagonally disposed partitions arranged from the one sidebelow the display openings to connect with the floor of the scooptroughs to form a sloping continuation thereof, stop boards providedwith upper beveled edges mounted adjacent to the display openings and ina spaced relation with respect to the glass covering the same so that asmaterial is fed through the supply openings a portion thereof is caughtby the beveled edge and directed between the stop boards and the glass,cleats by which said stop boards are removably held in place, and meansto limit the flow of material to the scoop troughs.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ERNEST J. KIBBY.

Witnesses r A. A. GRAINGER, E. WV. DANIELS.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. O.

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